Freuds beliefs about societies role in human unhappiness

Freud starts of by stating his view on the ego and how it works and is affected

To understand how an individual is affected by society (civilization) one must first understand the importance of the ego. The ego plays a big role in weather or not an individual is happy or unhappy. When the human eg

• Substitutive Satisfactions, which diminish it.

Having to deal with these situations of society can defiantly make an individual unhappy. It is our relations to other men, Freud points out, that is the most difficult to deal with of the three. He goes on to say that when we reach a satisfaction of instinct we experience happiness.

The main question Freud is asking is: How much satisfaction can a human expect to receive from the external world (society.) Many humans believe that what makes them unhappy is a result of their society (civilization), but at the same time being part of that society (civilization) you are helping to shape it. So wouldn’t you be making yourself unhappy?

Freud also goes into detail about how humans deal with their unhappiness. He again give

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